Top tips Mike, Always a pleasure watching you work. I have acquired a few logs so will practice turning these and show results when done. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm new to turning and mainly turn pens but am slowly getting into larger items and alas I have no chuck. Thus has helped me immensely. Thank you.
Thanks Mike. Fantastic. I have chucks, but this is invaluable information. I love your videos. Have watched a lot of American ones, but they are too loud, and to over the top. Much prefer your gentle presentation. It actually makes me serene, listening to you added to the great tips.
Awesome, Mike! You must be one of the world's great hot glue promoters! I love that stuff and there seems to be no end to the number of uses for it. That looks like a lovely bowl. I have never heard of Agba before and would really like to see what it looks like properly finished! Your next video??? Thanks a lot, Mike! Take care, .....Gord
Thank you Gord, and a big LOL :) I intend to finish the bowl, and will probably video it too, providing I don't go through the bottom!! ;) Take care Mike
Another great tutorial Mike. I agree that you can do most things without a chuck, just takes a little more thinking and care. Thank you for the shout out!
When you have the blank trued up, I just love the looks of that piece of wood, how it shines when you rotate it! Thanks for this series, Mike. I highly appreciate it!
thanks Mike, I just watched all three and they were all very interesting and worthwhile. Thank you for the time and effort you put in to demonstrate the techniques. Very much appreciated, Russell
Love all 3 in the series, and will have a go at all of them. As per Zen below, I'm just getting into wood turning and am trying to work out what chuck to buy, so this has given me the opportunity to try out number of different areas before investing. Also appreciate the emphasis on safety, an area sadly lacking in other videos I've seen. Thanks again for helping out us newbies.
Great way to finish the series, Mike. Like your gizmo to centre a faceplate. It makes a doddle to get your work balanced. Saves being chased around the shop by a lathe on a kamikaze mission! I've been marking the centre of the work as you do. Then use a child's compass with a centre wheel set at half the diameter. Pop the point in the dent and spin the lathe by hand to make a circle. I get an exact mortice or tenon that way. Can I ask where you got your snazzy parting tool from? Looks the dogs biscuits!
+Graham Light Hi Graham and thank you. You're method sounds good too mate. The parting tool is a Carter & Sons in a Simon Hope handle. Speak soon Cheers Mike
Stunning Likeness, I think I would also be very proud to display the 'Plate' and a lot of hard work. I do like your 'Gizmo'. I think I will have to make one
Thank you, Mike, for another great tip. The portrait is a great and a well-deserved tribute to your contribution to woodturning. I must confess that the photo of the old bloke wearing a baseball cap to the left of the portrait is a bit frightening:-). Alan.
Lovely stuff once again Mike. Very useful little series and an object lesson demonstrating that there are "no barriers" for woodturning! There's always a safe method despite the absence of optimum equipment! Best regards Eddie
Love this series! I'm just getting into turning, and I'm in love! I hope to get a face-plate this coming month, and a bowl gouge as soon as I can afford it.
When was a kid I turned a slew of bowls on my Dad's flat belt driven lathe not knowing there was such a thing as a chuck for a wood lathe. We were gluing a block directly to the blank with paper between. Screw the face plate into the block and turn both sides with the concave side facing out.
thank you Michael great advice i wiil be trying to put into practice --in the meantime take alook at JW.ORG for some very good news --take care and stay safe you and your family
I've used various types and mostly use a softwood in side grain orientation as the wider grain allows for glue penetration and a good bond, the most important thing is that both surfaces are dry.
Another brilliant learning opportunity. Thanks Mike. Being tight on funding I wish I had waited and seen this series before spending money on a chuck system. Still would be a good bit to practice for when the chuck is otherwise engaged as in attached to a segmented piece that's got glue setting up for the next ring. Oh, and kuddos to the craftsman (Paul Lockwood) who did the scroll saw plaque, it's bloody good.
Thank you Thomas, this method can be used for many other, hard to hold in a chuck projects too :) Yes, Paul did a magnificent job and was very honoured and pleased with my gift. Take care Mike
Hello Mike, Remember the 'Delia Smith effect' on Christmas's past, when the store shelves emptied of certain items appearing in that week's show? I wonder what effect you are having on the hot melt glue stocks? . . . Following your earlier issues, I have just ordered my first lathe, an at1628vs, with a spare set of a drive belt and bearings. Looking at your latest though, maybe I could have saved on the jaws and Chuck's. Good show any way. Encore! Regards, Glenn. :-)
I don't know how you find the time Mike. But you manage to reply to all comments. I have PMd you on facebook, and you have always taken the time to reply. That is so so appreciated. It makes us video watchers feel special. You do a fantastic job (if that's the right word)
Hi again Paul, and once more, a big thank you. I can't always respond as quickly as I'd like, but I always try to answer everyone in the end :) Take care Mike PS - I feel that if someone takes the time and trouble to comment, the least you can do is reply.
A much better produced video than your previous examples. Very clear, good photography and no annoying background music drowning out important stuff. Well done. Thanks.
Thanks for the review. I have turned hundreds of Christmas tree ornaments with glue blocks including some very delicate finials. Currently I am turning 48 2" x 6" bowls and in order to retain as much depth in the bowl as possible i am using glue block. It is kinda fun to return to some old ways
Amazing work from Paul, he has captured the essence of your ugliness perfectly. Not that I can crow, if you had a picture of me up there people would run screaming from the monitor. Great video as always.
Nice piece of wood, Mike. Lovely light play from it, I must get some. I hope you finish the bowl. Apart from wanting to see the light play again I will be interested in how you go about it without a tenon. Regards, Mike
Great series Mike. I learned a lot on each one of the three. I'll be using these methods on my mini lathe as my chuck won't fit on the tiny spindle. They make an adapter but no funds available right now. Lots of small projects are now possible, thanks to this series.
Thanks for the video im just getting into turning and iv watched alot of videos on turning and NONE of them are without a Chuck and as of right now i dont have the money to get a chuck after buying the lathe Wife said no to getting the chuck lol so happy wife happy life. No chuck for this guy.... So thank you for the idea ill be sure to give it a try
Mike, all of the comments below reflect a common theme of a job well done as usual, thanks heaps for the mini series looking forward to further installments showcasing your skills Cheers Mate Stephen
Sr Mike Waldt,parabens por esses três videos nos quais me tiraram muitas dúvidas com respeito a usinar peças em madeira sem o uso do chuck,pois meu torno não comporta o uso do mesmo . Com certeza foram de grande valia . Cezar Golowniczy- São Leopoldo RS Brasil
Thanks Mike for all the great videos these turning without a chuck videos are fantastic takes me back to the days before chucks readily available an we made do with what we had
Thanks for the refresher Mike! I just bought a new lathe (Laguna 2436) and realized that none of my chucks would fit without adapters. While waiting for them to arrive I still want to play with my new toy and couldn't quite remember the process of turning without a chuck. It's been quite awhile. This series of tutorials was perfect. Again, many thanks for taking the time.
Glad you found some use in the video, and hope (as I know you will) enjoy your new lathe. I have always liked the look of the Laguna, and think you get a lot of quality for a very reasonable price. Thanks for watching Take care Mike
Thank you Mike, I have a very small scroll chuck ( 2 " ) and was turning a bowl and the tennon snapped off so now going to try a glue block with CA and hot glue
Barry Cook Thanks Barry, and thank you so much for the blank. I couldn't for the life of me remember your name, but have mentioned you in the description. My humble appologies mate. 'Tis me age! Take care and thanks again Mike
Glad you enjoyed it Darryl. With wet wood you would "rough turn" it with an even wall thickness of around an inch, depending on the diameter of the bowl", and then wrap in shavings and brown bag, check each week and move the contents around. Then after about 3/6 months finish turn it. The time to dry depends on how wet the wood is initially, and temperature/humidity etc. of the storage place. Hope this helps Cheers Mike
Thanks Mike. I only need to find out how to glue the bowl on the center of the glue block. I don't get it in balance, so I have to do the bowl again after gluing it....
awesome video yet again! i was just wondering have you ever used a paper glue joint for turning a bowl? before i got my chuck thats all i used for bowls very easy and quick. thanks jon